1925_in_Australia

1925 in Australia

Incumbents

January 26 – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.^[1]
May 20 – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people.^[2]
May 30 – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
June 3 – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
June 9 – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
September 1 – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup
Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
September 26 – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.

February 8 – Francis Webb, poet (d. 1973)
February 10 – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist
February 11 – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper
February 17 – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress
March 19 – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (d. 2008)
April 4 – Dorothy Alison, actress (d. 1992)
April 21 – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
June 4 – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (d. 1987)
July 6 – Ruth Cracknell, actor (d. 2002)
July 18 – Shirley Strickland, athlete (d. 2004)
August 19 – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
August 21 – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (d. 2006)
August 27 – Fred Emery, psychologist (d. 1997)
August 27 – Ken Grieves, cricketer (d. 1992)
August 27 – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (d. 1989)
September 24 – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (d. 2004)
October 4 – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (d. 2005)
October 18 – Thomas Millar, historian (d. 1994)
October 24 – Ken Mackay, cricketer (d. 1982)
November 17 – Charles Mackerras, conductor
November 23 – James Killen, politician (d. 2007)
December 10 – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (d. 2002)

January 24 – William Aitcheson Haswell (b. 1854), zoologist
February 4 – Richard Godfrey Rivers (b. 1859), artist
February 23 – John Holman (b. 1872), West Australian politician
March 1 – Rev. John Ferguson (b. 1852), Presbyterian minister
April 16 – Thomas McCawley (b. 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
April 20 – Rose Scott (b. 1847), social reformer
April 28 – Richard Butler (b. 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
May 1 – Arthur McCabe (b. 1887), Olympic rugby union player
June 22 – Matthew Gibney (b. 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
June 27 – Simpson Newland (b. 1835), Murray River pioneer
July 18 – Edward Russell (b. 1878), Victorian politician
July 26 – William Trenwith (b. 1846), trade unionist
August 3 – William Bruce (b. 1864), cricketer
August 30 – Magnus Cromarty (b. 1875), NSW politician
September 5 – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (b. 1846), geologist
September 28 – Joseph Brown (b. 1844), politician
October 3 – Charles Web Gilbert (b. 1867), sculptor
October 24 – Charles Kenningham (b. 1860), English opera singer
November 4 – Paddy Hannan (b. 1840), gold prospector
November 13 – Charles McDonald (b. 1860), politician
November 16 – Joseph Maiden (b. 1859), botanist